As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to take back to Germany, even as the chaos of retreat descends upon his troops. But he French Resistance is determined to stop the train without damaging the cargo, and the station master devises an elaborate ruse to divert the train so that it never leaves French territory.

directed by John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster as Paul Labiche
Paul Scofield as Colonel Franz Von Waldheim
Jeanne Moreau as Christine
Suzanne Flon as Mademoiselle Villard
Michel Simon as Papa Boule
Wolfgang Preiss as Major Herren
Albert Rémy as Didont
Charles Millot as Pesquet

I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.

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